4. Deleted Democratic ‘autopsy’ chapter surfaces "The deleted chapter questioned whether former President Joe Biden should have run for a second term, analyzed the party’s support among Latino and Black voters .." 1/2 Photo: Annabelle Gordon/Reuters www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

3. MI final Dem debate "Politico published leaked audio of El-Sayed telling supporters that if he wins he’ll immediately turn to primarying other Dems, like Sen. Fetterman in Pennsylvania. Some Democrats seized on El-Sayed’s remarks." www.semafor.com/newsletter/0... 1/2 Photo: Rebecca Cook/Reuters

'Domestique: The True Life Ups & Downs of a Tour Pro' "Tadej Pogacar won a record-equalling 5th Tour de France over the weekend. What better time, then, to read this 2013 memoir by a cyclist who won nothing? Cycling teams are built around ensuring 1 rider wins." 1/2 www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

"Gen Z is “retirement-maxxing.” Despite a reputation for financial nihilism — think cryptocurrency — the average person born in the late 1990s or later began investing at 19, more than a decade sooner than Gen X and Baby Boomers .." 1/2 Image: Jason Reed/Reuters www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

"The study, which draws on transaction data from more than 180,000 households, found that sports betting doesn’t replace shopping or other gambling, like lottery tix or casino outings, but adds to it, eating into savings and driving up debt." 1/3 Chart: Marta Biino www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

"Ilium by Dan Simmons. This Hugo Award-winning retelling of the Odyssey takes place on a distant-future Mars, where a post-human species forces the characters of Homer’s epic to reenact the events of the poem, choreographed by Simmons’ narrator .." 1/2 www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

"In Michigan, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., are parachuting in to stump for Abdul El-Sayed, a former state public health official who has made opposition to Israel central to his campaign." 1/3 Photo: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

"Millions of people have returned to Sudan’s capital a year after government forces recaptured it from paramilitaries, though life there remains far from pre-war normality." 1/3 El Tayeb Siddig/File Photo/Reuters www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

Trump's Blockade Announcement "The US would charge commercial shippers a 20% fee on the value of their cargo to travel safely through it." 1/3 Photo: Stringer/Reuters www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

Semafor Recommends "The unassuming British-born IRS agent who disentangles a web of corruption at the heart of FIFA’s governing body for North, Central American, and Caribbean soccer. It is “a gripping white-collar crime thriller that … " 1/2 www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

First Word "Every platform is struggling to contain low-quality, AI-generated garbage content, threatening to inundate users. When we interviewed Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri for Mixed Signals last year, he said keeping up with synthetic content was “tough” .." 1/2 www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

"The decision has led to accusations that FIFA boss Gianni Infantino has kowtowed to Trump, who last year won FIFA’s inaugural peace prize, prompting European lawmakers to call for an investigation into how the prize was awarded, Le Monde said." P.Noble/File/Reuters www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

"A convicted fraudster helped pay for Farage’s security, staff, and hotels; the Reform UK leader is also being investigated by the country’s parliamentary standards commissioner over £5 million from a Thailand-based crypto-billionaire." 1/2 Photo: T. Adelaja/Reuters www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

2. House’s unfinished items pile up “What they did was they impeded and stopped the progress of the week. It’s not helpful,” House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters. Democrats reveled in the opposing party’s dysfunction." 1/2 Photo: Kylie Cooper/Reuters www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

Semafor Recommends "Christopher Nolan’s version of the great Greek epic is out next month. If you are impatient, perhaps try this translation of the poem, by The New Yorker’s resident classicist. Unlike George Chapman, the first to translate it into English .." 1/2 www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

“As billionaires bought properties in Miami’s most exclusive enclaves, the cost of living soared more than 36% in six years, outpacing the national inflation rate over that span of about 29%, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.”1/2 Wolf Image © Bloomberg www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

4. Trump at semiquincenntennial. Right about one thing. Not a joke anymore. “Where were we two years ago? We weren’t respected; we were a joke,” Trump told attendees at the event, which began a 16-day celebration. “We’re not a joke.” Pic:Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

“We're campaigning to move our country beyond plastic -- and we've set a goal of raising $30,000 by June 30. Will you help reduce plastic pollution by donating to our 2026 End of Fiscal Year Drive today?” mobile.mail.yahoo.com/apps/emailSh...

Left-wing challengers dominate primaries (photo: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters) 3. "Left-wing Democrats are trying to take more territory in today’s primaries in Utah and New York. Hizoner Mamdani has campaigned for 3 socialist and progressive House candidates in NY .." ⅓ www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

"School-age girls have been offered the vaccine since 2008, and as that generation has reached adulthood deaths have plummeted: HPV, spread by sexual or skin contact, causes 99.7% of cervical cancer cases." 2/2

My budget trip to Scotland solo this month was 2 weeks in Edinburgh for a thousand US$. Walked 6 miles a day,not noticing any but slight foot pain and lost 15 pounds, to my lowest weight in 30 years. Enjoying every minute. Stayed at Edinburgh Backpackers Hostel.” 1/3 studyfinds.com/protein-not-...

"Democrat Matt Maasdam tried to explain why his party had lost Michigan’s 7th Congr District. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, won the seat three times on her national security experience." 1/2 Photos: Annabelle Gordon/Elizabeth Frantz/Kevin Lamarque/Reuters www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

I can't recall the last time I agreed with the president (in a corner), but Netanyahu changed everything about Israel's behavior. Prince (and former French bishop) Talleyrand, the father of diplomacy, argued successfully .. " 1/5 Chart: J.Gonzales, Semafor (IMF) www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

“ .. that he will shift blame to Vice President JD Vance if the Iran agreement falls through, at his press conference at the G7.” Nothing short of open acknowledgement- in the form of a joke. Photo E HOCKSTEIN, Reuters 2/2

Trump cut Iran deal to avoid ‘economic catastrophe’ 2. “Trump said he feared becoming the next Herbert Hoover, whose presidency was defined by the Great Depression. “He was always the one I didn’t want to be,” Trump said of the 31st president.” www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

"Psychologist Saxbe argues that new fathers’ minds are also shaped by the arrival of children. It is “a refreshing new take on fatherhood,” according to the Financial Times. Buy Dad Brain from your local bookstore." www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

5. "Russia was behind arson attacks on UK PM Keir Starmer’s properties, the BBC said. Two men were convicted Monday, and BBC’s investigation found evidence that a Russian diplomat had recruited the pair. Moscow regularly recruits young men of various nationalities — www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

www.semafor.com/newsletter/0... “He helped write the “I have a dream” speech. This memoir recounts “the logistics, politics, egos, personalities and realities of that day,” per Maclean’s, and a reminder that “greatness demands preparation and detail.” Buy Behind the Dream at your local bookstore.”

www.semafor.com/newsletter/0... "American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed by Isaac Fitzgerald. Johnny Appleseed is a figure of American legend, a sort of itinerant preacher, walking barefoot and scattering seeds." 1/2 (Oddly, some have complained he spread alcoholism via hard cider.)

www.semafor.com/newsletter/0... Photo: Victor Medina/Reuters 10. "Iran’s soccer team finally arrived in Mexico, where it will be based for the men’s World Cup despite playing group matches in the US. When Iran makes its debut in Los Angeles, it’ll mark the first time in tournament history .." 1/2